KidZone redo your own way (Universal Studios Florida)

[mahnamahna101]

Since it's all but confirmed a new KidZone is replacing the current one come Summer 2016 (maybe a little earlier or later), I figured this is prime real estate for armchair Imagineering even though it is in a Universal theme park.

There's 3 rules:

1. $500 million budget
2. No irrelevant IPs (no Yogi Bear or Rugrats )
3. If possible, leave E.T. unscathed - but a massive upgrade is fine

You can use any extra spaces within KidZone, maybe relocate the parade building if you choose. Other than that, the sky's the limit

So let's start with mine:

The following will get repurposed for this revamp -

1. KidZone Pizza
2. Animal Actors
3. Barney
4. Fievel
5. StarToons stage
6. Curious George sadly

Along with making use of backstage areas, relocating the entrance of E.T. and empty spaces within KidZone

The overall theme is a blend of tropical jungle with woodland forest... basically the front end is tropical while the back end is woodland.

Kid Paradise is the working title

Animal Actors is demoed for a Dora mini-land consisting of:
1. Dora show for 75% of space - $15 million
2. Dora flat ride in remaining 25% - $15 million
3. Permanent Dora & Boots M&G across from Madagascar - $15 million
4. Extra enhancements/small theming touches - $5 million

$50 million for Dora mini-land

KidZone Pizza, Fievel's Playland, and the former ET Toy Closet (a new one will replace it!) are demoed and used to complete the SpongeBob mini-land started by Storepants which will feature:
1. The Krusty Krab - $10 million
2. The Chum Bucket - $10 million
3. Bikini Bottom Boating School (Autopia style ride thru Bikini Bottom) - $60 million
4. Jellyfish Fields flat ride - $10 million
5. Palm trees and other small touches - $10 million

$100 million to complete SpongeBob mini-land ($150 million total cost as of now)

Barney is demoed and some backstage space is repurposed for a Scooby-Doo themed mini-land which will consist of:
1. Scooby Doo dark ride (Fantasyland style but with full AAs and projections) - $55 million
2. Mystery Machine food truck - $5 million
3. Scooby and gy M&G location - $5 million
4. Spooky trees and other small touches - $10 million

$75 million for Scooby mini-land ($225 million total cost as of now)

StarToons stage gets a tropical beach party show with plenty of pop tunes from the 50s all the way to today. Nothing major - $10 million ($235 million total cost as of now)

Now this is where things get interesting - Curious George is moved over closer to Woody while the Nuthouse gets expanded for this Illumination mini-land:

1. Curious George Goes to Town gets a nice upgrade with plenty of new bells and whistles - $15 million
2. A carousel is built outside of Curious George - $10 million
3. Woody Woodpecker's Nuthouse is expanded to make it a family coaster through a woodland factory with AAs and other enhancements - $25 million

$50 million for this new Illumination mini-land ($285 million)

Curious George and the carousel have gone where the parade building used to be (it's been relocated) but the biggest part will be using roughly half of the MIB/Springfield plot

This will include:
1. a Smurfs Village play area - $20 million
2. My Little Pony dark ride - $55 million
3. Hello Kitty restaurant - $20 million
4. HTTYD E-ticket using Pandora's Box technology - $120 million

$215 million for the big expansion to the area ($500 million total cost)

 

[Matt7187]

I would tear the whole thing down! Except ET, which would be part of the next land over. So I don't know how big this space is, so I will just put my use of 500 mil.

Spongebob would be most of the land. You have:
Krusty Krab- 10 mil
Chum Bucket- 10 mil
Boating school ride using TT tech (I may make a separate thread to describe that ride in detail)- about 180 mil
Spongebob, Patrick, and squidward house walk throughs-25 mil
Goo Lagoon play area-20 mil
General painting/ tress/ etc.-5 mil

So we are at 250 million, half of the budget. What next?

A Christmasland with some cool attractions...

A polar express simulator- maybe like 50 mil, I don't know
A Rudolph dark ride- 60 mil
A frosty dark ride- 60 mil
General theming- 25 mil

We are at 445 mil, and almost out of budget.

So we will build a real woody woodpecker coaster, with AAs and stuff- rest of budget.


I know that was a bit rough, but I had fun designing it, and isn't the fun all that matters?

 

[mahnamahna101]

I love Christmas-Town!!! That'd be a great addition to the back half of KidZone and I'm assuming the two dark rides are all ages! but I'd get rid of the Polar Express simulator and replace it with something Smurfs or My Little Pony since SeaWorld already does that

Other than that, I love your plans and I definitely think a Boating School E-ticket would be amazing! And yes, doing this sorts of armchair Imagineer threads ought to be all about the fun

 

[Sam Magic]

I would tear everything down and re-theme it to Discovery Cove :

The land would look of a woodland steampunk styled area and would allow kids to interact with the characters from the film Epic.